Venus Funded review: the 95 percent split and 14-day payout

Verdict: Venus Funded suits a forex, index or gold trader who can work a simulated account, a 95 percent split, and a first payout 14 days after the first funded trade. It is a poor fit for anyone who wants a named company, a published fee table, or a live brokerage account. The biggest caveat is the daily-loss clash: the FAQ sets 6 percent of the starting balance, while the homepage table still prints 7 percent, and the fee returns only at the first scale-up.

Key terms Venus Funded publishes on the FAQ

These figures come from the Venus Funded FAQ. Where the homepage prints a different number, the FAQ is the rule used below.

• Profit split: 95 percent on the funded account (FAQ).
• Account sizes: 19 balances, from $5,000 to $5 million (FAQ).
• Profit target: 8 percent, then 5 percent, with an unlimited period (FAQ).
• Maximum loss: 15 percent of the initial balance, floating loss included (FAQ).
• Daily loss: 6 percent of the initial balance, reset at 5pm EST (FAQ).
• First payout: 14 calendar days after the first funded trade, minimum $100 after the split (FAQ).
• Leverage: 1:200, with zero minimum trading days on the evaluation (FAQ).
• Fee refund: the full evaluation fee comes back at the first scale-up (FAQ).

What Venus Funded publishes about payouts

Eligibility starts 14 days after the first trade on the simulated funded account, on any of the three programmes, and the next payout opens 14 days after the first trade following a withdrawal. The balance has to sit above the initial balance, the rule record has to be clean, and every position and pending order has to be closed. Processing is one to two business days in one FAQ answer and up to 48 hours in another, with the account read-only until that check finishes. One answer names bank or crypto. A later answer lists USDT, BTC, ETH, LTC and USDC alone. The instruments are FX, exotics, indices, gold, commodities and crypto.

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Błażej Suski, writing on Trustpilot on 24 May 2025 in a post the site marked verified, challenged the leverage line:

They lie about leverage — they advertise 1:200, but in reality, it's only available on one instrument (NASDAQ) out of the 10 I tested.

The FAQ still states 1:200 for both stages. The same post describes a cryptocurrency withdrawal rail, which matches the coin list and clashes with the bank-or-crypto answer.

An audited payout total, the homepage figure of $4 for each lot traded during the challenge phases, the homepage figure of a 150 percent fee refund, and the homepage's eight-hour average processing time could not be verified on the FAQ or the scaling page. After a scale-up, the scaling page moves withdrawals to every seven days once 15 percent is made inside three months, then adds 30 percent to the initial balance, up to $5,000,000, while the hero still says $10 million.

Where the homepage and the FAQ disagree

The homepage prints a 7 percent daily loss against the FAQ's 6 percent, while both keep a 15 percent overall loss, 1:200 leverage, a 95 percent share and a 14-day first payout. On a $100,000 account with $102,000 of equity at the 5pm EST reset, the FAQ's next floor is $96,000 and the overall floor is $85,000, floating loss included, and both floors stay tied to the initial balance. The homepage funded column prints five minimum days. The FAQ sets the evaluation minimum at zero, caps capital and scaling at $5 million, and leaves a separate instant-funding loss table off the page, against a homepage offer of $10 million and instant funding to $5 million. A 150 percent fee refund after a pass is the homepage line. The FAQ returns the fee in full at the first scale-up, after 15 percent inside three months, and a failure before that point ends the refund. The configurator lists MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5. The FAQ names MetaTrader 5 and cTrader, and the footer copyright line still reads 2024.

Rules that can close a Venus Funded account

Inactivity runs from account creation, one trade every 30 days, so 30 days with zero trades is a breach even before the evaluation, which starts at the first trade. An evaluation breach ends funded eligibility. A funded breach closes the account and ends the trader agreement, including a breach the risk team finds later. The funded login stays read-only until identity checks finish, and credentials can take up to 48 hours. Martingale, layering, high-frequency trading, tick scalping, arbitrage, copying another trader and cross-firm reverse trades are banned. Expert advisors, hedging inside the account, overnight and weekend holds, and news trading are allowed, with funded risk capped at 25 percent of the balance in the five minutes either side of a red-folder release if that profit is to stand. A stop is optional, except that a breached account still in profit can be paid when every trade had a stop and lost at most 1 percent of the starting balance. A compromised or shared login stays closed.

How the split and the loss limits compare

The rows are the two-step CFD path on each firm's own pages. Venus Funded's cells are the FAQ. FTMO's are its trading objectives and reward-withdrawal FAQ. FundedNext's are the Stellar 2-Step standard reward on its CFD objectives and Stellar 2-Step explainer.

The wider loss limits are also a larger hole if the account fails. FTMO calls those accounts demos with fictitious funds, and FundedNext also sells a 60 percent three-day reward and a 90 percent on-demand reward, so the row above is the standard clock. See the FTMO payout and drawdown page and the FundedNext payout page.

What the Venus Funded pages say about regulation

The privacy policy and the terms use the name Venus Funded Proprietary Trading Firm. The footer says the company owns venusfunded.com and that charges pay staff and technology rather than sitting as deposits. Venus Funded states that it is not a broker and that it does not provide investment services as defined in applicable regulations, and the terms and privacy policy name no company number and no licence. The footer lists support@venusfunded.com and +44 7367 477111. Trustpilot shows 128 City Road, London, a common formation address, and the pages still leave the brand short of a Companies House number.

FCA warnings for Venus Holdings and Venus FX name venusholdings.co.uk and venusfx.co, different sites from venusfunded.com. Every account is a demo with virtual funds, and the risk disclosure's mention of Instant Funding reads as leftover boilerplate. The FAQ leaves tax on any reward with the trader. Context sits in how prop-trading rules diverge as the CFTC acts and ESMA waits and in why EU regulators are pulling prop trading inside the MiFID II perimeter.

Questions traders ask about Venus Funded

What profit split does Venus Funded state?

The FAQ states a trader share of 95 percent, matching the 95/5 share on the homepage funded column. The terms say profit sharing follows the agreement in place at participation and may vary with performance and other factors, so the contract signed after the evaluation is where the percentage is fixed for that trader. The public offer and the later contract are two different documents.

When can a trader request the first payout?

The first request opens 14 calendar days after the first trade on the simulated funded account. The balance has to sit above the start, the rule record has to be clean, and every position and pending order has to be closed. The minimum is $100 after the split, and the next request waits 14 days from the first trade after that withdrawal.

How is the daily loss calculated on the FAQ?

Daily loss is 6 percent of the initial balance, reset at 5pm EST from the higher of balance or equity. On a $100,000 account showing $102,000 of equity at the reset, the next floor is $96,000, and the overall floor is $85,000 with floating loss included. The homepage table still prints 7 percent, so the FAQ figure is the one to size against until the two pages match.

Does Venus Funded say the accounts are simulated?

The FAQ says funded accounts are demo accounts with virtual funds, quoted from real market prices, inside a simulated environment. The risk disclosure says the service uses virtual accounts only, and the footer treats programme charges as operating costs rather than client deposits. A pass leads to another simulated account, and the payout is a reward calculated on that simulated profit.

How does a trader grow the balance on the scaling plan?

Scale-up needs 15 percent profit within three months, which adds 30 percent of the initial balance, up to a $5,000,000 cap that also covers merged funded accounts. The scaling table adds a seven-day withdrawal rhythm, one extra point of maximum drawdown, one extra point of daily drawdown, a free challenge if the account fails, and a salary of up to $5,000. The hero on that page still says $10 million.

Which trading practices does the FAQ prohibit?

Martingale, layering, high-frequency trading, tick scalping, arbitrage, copying another trader and reverse trades across firms are banned. Expert advisors and hedging inside one account are allowed, and a stop-loss is optional except on a breached funded account still in profit. News trading is allowed if risk stays within 25 percent of the balance in the five minutes either side of a red-folder release.

This review is independent editorial analysis and is not financial, investment, or trading advice, and is not an endorsement or solicitation. The Industry Spread has no affiliate or referral relationship with the firms covered. Proprietary trading challenges carry a fee that is generally non-refundable, most participants do not reach a funded account, and funded capital is the firm's capital, not the trader's. Terms change frequently — always verify current rules directly with the firm before paying any fee.